OUR OBJECTIVES

The MindEd charitable objectives may be summarised as follows:

To prevent and alleviate mental illness and psychological disorder amongst children and young adults aged 15 to 25, together with those who are directly connected with their care and education for the public benefit by making grants to:

- support, develop and implement, and help the development and implementation of, tools and approaches such as education programmes, resilience training, awareness initiatives, technology based solutions and other methods

- support initiatives and programmes which are designed to provide advice, care and treatment to children and young adults experiencing mental trauma. 
​Steve Mallen, Chair of the Mind Ed Trust, Pictured at the 2016 MindEd Trust conference (Image: Keith Jones).

Our goals

  • To refocus of mental health funding from adults to young people since 75% of mental trauma pre-dates higher education. 
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  • To introduce and support emotional resilience and mental health programmes into the entire education system, supported by the complete integration of wellbeing into the Ofsted process which is revised to place equal emphasis on personal health and not just academic excellence.
 
  • To create a care system which places equal emphasis on mental health prevention as well as treatment. 
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  • To create a viable framework for the care and support of bereaved persons and those caring for people in mental trauma.

  • To reformulate the current risk assessment and triage models deployed by the NHS which are currently inadequate, especially with regard to high functioning individuals without previous trauma history.
 
  • To re-examine of the balance between localism and centrism in mental health care. National standards are required to mitigate locational imbalance, sector fragmentation and the “postcode lottery.”
 
  • To support a fundamental review and realignment of medical research funding in order to dramatically enhance our understanding of juvenile neurosis and psychosis causation.
Specific and far-reaching measures are required to achieve this, which might include:

  • The creation and appointment of a Minister for Mental Health in all political parties.
 
  • The Department of Health and the Department of Education to appoint properly funded and deeply resourced mental health functions and secretariats with executive authority.
 
  • The dramatic acceleration of the drive towards creating national treatment standards and waiting time limits, mirroring advancements in physical health.
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  • No school is to be accorded “good” or “outstanding” Ofsted status without a comprehensive and accredited mental and emotional education and stewardship profile.
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